cbs 5 reporter len ramirez on why the boy will be tried as an adult. len. >> reporter: well, dana, first off this was a shocking crime when it happened in this community. people were even more shocked when it turned out that one of the two suspects was only 15. now that juvenile is being treated as an adult in the eyes of the court. adonis muldrow would be in only a sophomore year of high school but the 15-year-old is in lockup and may be for a long time. the second two of suspects to be arrested in a san jose crime spree of armed robbery and murder being tried as an adult even though he is not yet old enough to drive. >> under welfare and institution code 707b, anybody 14 or older who is charged with a crime that faces life in prison or who personally uses a firearm during the commission of the offense can be filed on as an adult. >> reporter: he and his alleged crime partner 26-year-old jonathan wilbanks are accused of robbing four san jose businesses at gunpoint then killing 22-year-old rory parkpettiford while trying to steal his car in the parking